Chapter 40
A few minutes later, I hung up the phone with satisfaction. Just now, although the tone of Mr. Liu on the phone seemed very calm, as if he didn't care much, but from the level of detail he asked about the various information of Marshal Tianpeng, it was obvious that what he wanted to do was not the same as what he said. Referring to the way our brother Fei treated his "rival" in the past, it is estimated that whether the poor little territory can continue to exist is a big problem. Hehehe, Confucius said: Borrowing his blade to kill my enemy is the best strategy to attack his enemy... It seems that in the afternoon, the Rose Garden basically does not need to worry about the visit of a certain top-notch lord again.
Because of work, I didn't log in again until after 1:30 p.m. Originally, I was worried that something might happen to my sister and the others, but when I came in, I saw that although the atmosphere in the Rose Garden was a bit tense, the war scene with the sound of killing that I imagined had not yet appeared.
This kind of group battle, which aims to capture the opponent's city, is a large-scale battle between players, second only to the Knights' Alliance War. The investment and risk for both the attacker and the defender are quite huge. Generally speaking, the attacker must have more than three times the strength of the defender to win, so most of the Knights will invest in many mercenaries to participate in the operation when attacking a city-level target. But if the group battle fails, then this huge investment is doomed to go down the drain. For the defender, once the city is occupied, everything in the city will become the spoils of the victor. For those Knights who only own one city, this result is almost the same as disbanding.
Today, we were lucky. We were attacked unexpectedly on a non-holiday, but we managed to keep nearly 2,000 Rose members online. Although there were not many high-level Roses, this number was already quite high for the defending party. The Royal Knights' retreat and the premature exposure of the Canopy Knights also increased our chances of winning. Although the remaining opponents were still an uncertain unknown, these two pieces of news finally gave the Roses, who were mainly girls, some hope of victory.
In fact, what the sisters are worried about now is that the beloved architect of Rose Garden, Iron Hammer, is not online. If he is online, the Golden Oak Leaf must gather more than 8,000 masters to pose a threat to Rose Garden. Unfortunately, nothing can be done now. In addition to asking someone familiar with Iron Hammer to contact him, they have to find another way.
My sisters all thought of asking friends for help, but now the time is very tight, and it is not a good time. It is 1:30 in the afternoon, when the morning players have just logged off and the evening players have not yet come. Many people are not online, and even those who are online are not many. It is simply a drop in the bucket for us and can't help much. So, I was not idle after I came online. I used ten sacred gems to fish out the little fox and obtained her full intelligence support. At least, we can know ourselves and the enemy. Afterwards, I sent pigeons to my second and fourth brothers, but neither of them replied, and I don't know if they came online.
Just as the pigeons and owls released by the cadres on the north gate were flying all over the sky, a "cool" killer suddenly appeared in front of everyone. She was wearing a retro black double-breasted nightgown, but a pair of inappropriate high-heeled leather shoes. The strangest thing was that she not only wore a black patent leather windbreaker, but also a funny straw hat with black gauze on her head.
The breeze blew, and the black veil covering her face fluttered up. Everyone present suddenly saw a very delicate little face under the straw hat, and she was wearing a pair of black sunglasses. It was cloudy today, and the eyes were blocked by two layers of darkness, making us doubt whether she could see clearly? And this alternative "assassin" full of "murderous" aura, holding a black and purple samurai sword, under the gaze of more than a dozen strange eyes, very "seriously" climbed up the city wall step by step and stood in front of us.
"Everyone..." a sweet voice that was deliberately suppressed came, "Don't worry about those leaves. With me, the third greatest thief in the world, here, I will definitely make sure they never come back!"
As if to strengthen her momentum, she took a "firm" step forward with her left foot. However, under the cover of the black veil and sunglasses, she did not notice the bag of long arrows lurking in front of her feet. As the saying goes, "If a person loses his foot, a horse will stumble." Amidst a high-decibel scream, the world's third largest thief, who was dressed in a combination of ancient and modern styles, suddenly lost her balance and fell face down on the ground.
Bang! Amid the dust, a straw hat with black gauze around it flew and hit Brother Yun's face. The startled Knight Commander subconsciously threw the teacup in his hand into the arms of Fenghuang Wushuang beside him. The cool and breathable Taoist robe obviously passed the temperature of the tea to the wearer. The Taoist priest didn't seem to be as heat-resistant as his name suggested. He screamed miserably from the burn and grabbed a piece of cloth beside him to wipe it fiercely, not noticing that it was the skirt of a certain wizard's robe. The fairy cat, whose skirt was lifted by him and almost exposed, had a red face. The angry beauty unceremoniously smashed a tsunami on the head of the firebird. This time it was even better. With the head of the firebird Taoist priest as the center of the circle, everyone within a radius of five meters instantly turned into ice sculptures.
When the beautiful lady was lying face down on the earth, she threw the samurai sword in her arms forward while dancing with joy. It was indeed a unique and exquisite sword in "Magic Flag". It would find its target even when it was thrown randomly. I saw Kikugakure Ichimonji draw a parabola in the air and headed straight for my abdomen.
I quickly dodged and nimbly let it pass, but a knight standing behind me was hurt. The trajectory of this "flying knife" was not high, and I blocked part of his sight. When Yan jumped away, he found the "murder weapon" close at hand. The poor French knight was just a little taller than me, so the best weapon that should have hit my abdomen hit him right in the vitals. "Oh..." A bird-like cry came out of Faca's mouth. Out of the dignity of a knight, he only bent slightly, but his wrinkled face and the cold sweat on his forehead were enough to show how "miserable" he was. Mr. Faca is an adult, so of course, some parts of his body are very sensitive.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it..." The "killer" got up aggrievedly, and after seeing the "results" in front of her, she couldn't help but cover her sore nose and mutter an apology. Her delicate forehead and nose were red from the fall, and the lens of the sunglasses on her nose bridge flew off unexpectedly. Her big eyes were slowly misting up, and with her dusty face, she looked terrible.
"It's okay, it's okay, everyone knows you didn't mean it." When the elder sister saw the pitiful little face, she lost all her temper and sighed. She took out her handkerchief and walked forward to wipe the dust off the little beauty's face.
"She is really a killer! She killed half of Qiangwei's cadres as soon as she came in!" Bai Yu, who "survived" on the side, couldn't help but sigh.
"Killer?" I thought. With Night Ghost's skills, am I not a killer? As long as I sneak into the enemy camp, I should have a good chance of killing the enemy's senior commander in the chaos.
In today's team battles, since there are so many people, often tens of thousands, many people who do not participate in the specific battles are needed to organize. They are the commanders. This title is not a profession, nor do they have any special skills. They are just leaders elected by everyone. They usually form a pyramid organization and can communicate through agreed channels. The level of these people usually determines the victory of a battle.
At the beginning of the war, the most basic combat formation is a team of ten people. The lower-level commander usually leads three to four such teams. The lower-level commander only plays the role of a messenger and sometimes participates in the battle. The commanders from the middle-level commander upwards cannot and will not participate in the battle, because their responsibility is to look at the overall situation and reasonably deploy their own forces. In addition, the large amount of intelligence processing on the battlefield also prevents the commanders from personally going into battle. Unless their side has gained an overwhelming advantage or they have become a commander without troops, the senior commanders will not foolishly charge forward.
This kind of fighting style that uses commanders to coordinate with each other became popular because of the famous Sealed Gate War. In the past, players' group battles were almost all chaotic, and it was basically a group fight, and victory was completely based on the number of people and levels. The side with more people and higher levels was almost always invincible.
But in that war, the elves, who were at a disadvantage in numbers and levels, relied on excellent coordination to successfully defeat the human army, which was twice their size. No matter how strong and numerous the Taoist army was, it could only return home in disgrace in the face of the rain of arrows that covered the sky. Since then, almost all knight groups have begun to study coordination and organization in group battles.
We both Rose and Golden Oak have very complete command systems, and we both belong to the knights who focus on tactical skills. If I can kill their senior commanders at a critical moment and disrupt their tactical command, will our chances of winning increase greatly? However, this assassination is likely to be a one-shot deal. If I kill one person, I will be immediately exposed to countless enemies. It is basically a life for a life, and there is no possibility of survival. Therefore, I will not take this bad strategy unless it is a critical moment.
Just when my sisters and the others were cleaning up the mess for Ye Da Mei Ren, the information about the beautiful fruit came through and our opponents finally took action.
To our surprise, the vanguard this time actually came from the Qilian Mountain Pass teleportation station. They were all human knights. It seemed that the changes in the Royal Knights and the Sky Canopy Knights disrupted the Golden Oak Leaf's steps and made them revise their plans. According to the little fox's reconnaissance, there were at least four medium-sized knights in the vanguard this time, and each of them had about 400 people. With some stragglers, the total number was close to 2,000. As soon as these people came out, they blocked the teleportation point and began to clear the area. According to the little fox's judgment, they should be waiting for the main battle force of the elves.
After I passed the information to my sister and the others, I went to the pharmacy to buy a lot of magic potions and ran out of the city quickly. Gao Lin did not rest at noon, and desperately "dropped bombs" near the two gates of the Rose Garden, strengthening the defense of the Rose Garden while practicing his skills. After I came out, I asked him to go back quickly, because this place was about to become a battlefield. The thieves had no cover and it was too easy to die. Then, I ran to the maximum communication distance allowed by the voice channel and summoned the Night Ghost and used the invisibility spell. In this way, I could not only use the Night Ghost conveniently to sneak into the enemy array, but also use the internal channel to quickly pass important information on the scene to my sister and the others.
Soon, the second intelligence from the beautiful fruit arrived. As Bai Yu expected, the Golden and Silver Oak Leaf Knights appeared at the same time. The two elven knights each had about 2,000 people, and 70% of the members were archers and mages. After they joined the human knights, they left behind the necessary logistics personnel, and the rest were marching towards the Rose Garden in a mighty manner. More than 6,000 people, it doesn't sound like a lot, but when you see the long team with your own eyes, you will definitely call it spectacular. The colorful battle flags fluttering in the wind, the neat equipment shining with cold light, and the rumbling footsteps, it can really be called a large army approaching.
This time, the Oak Leafs' main attack direction was the north gate of the Rose Garden. Only two human knights were used as a diversion at the south gate. These elves deployed their formations outside the range of our bows and arrows. Other professions stayed where they were. Only the archers who were shielded by the mages lined up and moved forward. The Oak Leaf elves knew that it would be almost impossible for them to attack the gate of the Rose Garden without clearing the bomb traps in front of them. After the formation was deployed, red system announcements flashed in front of my eyes: "The Golden Oak Leaf Knights declared war on the Rose Knights! The battle ends at 0:13." "The Silver Oak Leaf Knights declared war on the Rose Knights! The battle ends at 0:14." Without the announcements of the human knights, it seems that they should all be attached to these two elf knights as mercenaries.
After the declaration of war, the archers standing in front immediately began to act, shooting at the rose archers on the wall while quickly clearing the dense array of bomb traps. Since the traps set by the level 40 thieves with the firearms master only had a 25% chance of being dismantled by the archers' mechanical skills, these elves were more like "stepping on" the traps than dismantling them. More than three quarters of the bombs were not successfully dismantled. For a while, the explosions on the battlefield continued, and from time to time, some unfortunate archers could be seen performing "flying on the clouds and mist" in a very "graceful" way. Fortunately, the pain sensitivity in the game can be adjusted, otherwise these "artificial minesweepers" would have fainted from the pain if they were not killed.
I observed for a while and soon found that the commander of the attacking party was definitely an expert. I had hoped that it would be Miss Jingying, but the smooth attack rhythm in front of me was obviously not something that the big-breasted and brainless vase could command. Now, all the elven archers of the two knights were systematically divided into three waves, one wave of covering shooting, one wave of using mechanical devices to deal with traps, and the last wave was the substitute for the first two waves. Those who were injured by bomb explosions or arrows in the front, as long as they did not die on the spot, would retreat and use wound medicine to heal their wounds. After replenishing the wound medicine, they would automatically join the third wave and continue to prepare to replace others. The three waves were organized quite perfectly, and gradually moved forward like a tide.
No matter who is the tactical commander this time, I secretly admire him in my heart. So many people are still moving in an orderly manner. In addition to the quality of the participating team members themselves, the commander's on-the-spot organization is absolutely remarkable. Half an hour later, the archers have brought the north gate of the Rose Garden into the attack range at the cost of nearly 400 sacrifices. With a melodious horn sound, under the cover of two rows of warrior knights' shields, the Oak Leaf mages began to move forward. The timing was calculated quite accurately. As long as so many mages are in place, it is only a matter of time to smash the city gate. The current situation is very clear. My sister and the others will definitely send people to counterattack, because no matter how many casualties the elves in the attack suffer, as long as our city gate is lost, the human warriors on their two wings who have not yet taken action will rush in like a tide. If this is true, then the result of this group battle will be clear.
I smiled bitterly in my heart. No matter what, I still have to fight hard. Damn second brother, where did your grandma go? Does it take so long to deal with that first-class Pig? Quietly pulling out the Dragon Fang Royal Blade, I started to walk towards a mid-level commander who had been eyeing me for a long time.
As the ancients said, the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. I had just taken down the third target, and an accurate three-shot shot sent me flying. After landing, I turned over and sat up. I didn't use any medicine, but just turned my head to look in the direction where the sharp arrow came from.
"Humph! You are so brave, you dare to attack us right under our noses!" A handsome archer looked at me coldly, and the archery bow in his hand explained the origin of the three arrows on my body. I habitually flipped my left hand slightly, and his information appeared in front of me.
Name: Fish Who Loves Drowning. Level: 46. Occupation: Archer. Knight Order: Knights of the Golden Oak Leaf. Position: Knight Commander.
"Hey, brother, no matter who you are, attacking from behind is not a gentleman's way." Tianxia Yifa's smiling face then appeared on my right, with the staff in his hand pointing at me steadily.
"You are so good at guessing, someone is here to cause trouble. Hey! Why is it an elf!" Miss Jingying walked out of the crowd in front of her arm with a handsome elf knight, "He must have been sent by the princess! That bitch! He only knows how to play dirty!" Jingying gritted her teeth and cursed after seeing my disguise. She and the princess are really sworn enemies, blaming everything on the princess, this woman is hopeless.
As soon as Jingying said this, the handsome guy holding her arm and Tianxia Yifa frowned at the same time. The handsome elf guy was about to say something, but suddenly he stared at the sky behind me in amazement. Puzzled by his expression, the other people couldn't help but turn their heads and look in the direction of his sight.
I saw a fiery black shadow rushing down from the sky towards me from the direction of the Rose Garden, accompanied by a strange whistling sound. The people around me were stunned at first, but when they realized what was happening, they turned around and ran away without saying a word. I was sitting on the ground, so I didn't stand up at the first moment.
"Oh my God, how can there be such a thing?" I looked at the impending disaster with a wry smile, but suddenly I heard the little fox's secret words in my ears.
"Madman! A large group of elven knights! They are coming from the direction of the sealed gate! There are more than a thousand of them!"
